The Sun. — London, England, 1808-10-26 00:00:00

SAIN.ISH PAPERS. Letter from the Conde DE FLORIDA:44OMA, Pre •adent of the Central Junta, to Gen.X. CASTAIJOS. fter, some observations upon the expediency of appoint log a .M ilitary Council, the letter proceeds :J . .7 • • " The. stay of your Excellency in Madrid was useful and essential, since from it ,have resulted the formation of plans and measures moe.t proper for carrying on the 'War 'agairist our. Eoemits, intelli gence of their situation, that of the forces your Ex cellency commanded, and the superior discipline due in a great measure to the penetration and milita;-7 talents of yOur Excellency; and ultimately the union of operations of all the armies, which happily has been arranged during the continua* of your Excellency in Madrid, and at the side of the Su preme Junta. Envy and detraaion cannot. asperse 'motives so pure, nor shade the merit'which in•the present state of affairs your Excellency has recently gained in the serviceof the Country,. and the Supreme Junta, which knows it to be so, will give to your - Excellency proofs of it on every occasion that offers, and in those which it shortly eipeets, in consequence of the determination of your Excellency to place yourself at the head of your Army, which it highly approves, since on that, and, on the ac knowledged military talents and patriotism of your Excellency, the Junta has founded the.hope of the quick expulsion 'of the enemy from our country ; the nation waits for it With ;unspeakable anxiety, and has placed its eyes on your Excellency, already accustomed to similar undertakings. May God preseriie your Excellency many yeari.— " The Conde DE FLoran4 BLANCA:" " Aranjuez, Odober z, xBoB.',' By order of the Supreme Council we insert 'the following .R.ccument, which,. on the 27th of last Svp;ernher, was addressed by._ _the most.illustrious - Senor Deacon Don I. M. I. NAV ARTIO, Auditor:— " Mosr IY-LUSTRIOUS SENqn, " At folio 33 of the pioceedings of the Council, it is said, that an Auditor of he Council; Navarro, presented himself; disguised, who had , gained admittance into the residence of Senor Don .Fart, I4ANDO the Seventh, and brOught verbal instrnetions frcrl his Majesty, - limited to stria injunctions and wishes, that it should follow a system of friendship gnd harmony With 'the - French. The .6bligations I owe ti t Supreme. Tribunal, for having . suppressed day name, and the most important part of my corn, mis.ion, solely with a view to the safety of my per; son, subje& at the time' of its publication to .E4ench Controul, demand my gratitude and ae. knowlecigineni, and I therefore entreat your Highnss to signify the same ; but' now, a)- -, thotigh at the exrinceOf difficulties and . uncertain ties, I find myself in this .town free from all fear, I .thank it' necessary that the public ,should know My mission in itg fullest extent. " I was at I vcnne with the other.A.ljuisters of the Tribunals of Navarre, when the king arrived in that City. The Emperor of the Fterich did not defer many hours throwing aside the 'yell which hid his mischievous Conducl: . he 'signified openly to his Nlaiesty The . scandalous and unes.peBed proje& of to ring forcibly from his temples the crown of Stia,in; an() doubtless, persuaded, that, iii Or- der to its ready accomplishment, it .Was neces sary to straiten the King by every means, one of the first that be put in execution _was, the interruption of Couriers: daily were they divatched ; but the right of nations was not a guarantee sufAciently sacred ... td instile them against the insults of a government accustomed not to hesitate in the choice of means fur the accomplishment of its depraved : ends:: _‘‘ ThuS circumstanced, his Majesty` thought him . self obliged to add new secret channels of eornmu tiication viith the Supreme Junta, presided by the . • linat:Le Don ANTONIO, and honoured me with the . . trust, that it should be rni! who, passing to this Capi tal,'Sh.ould inform it' verbally of the events which 'cat:Tarred or, those first three miserable days, I ac 'cordiLiYfy-left Bayonne about lijlC in the evening of the Od, and arrived in this City, by 'circuitous road 3 and pathi, not without serious clangers and at of' the twenty-ninth of April.: I immediately proceeded to the Junta, and • t;ip royal order, I said that wit:. :Etuperor of • the Fferi , .th wisld• . lO - es5E - rimperiously 1: - zom the King; our Loyd Don FPRPI NAND NIL that P; should fpc hitnselt - ; and is of all the Family': of the pourbonsi non the Throne to Spain and all his Dominic:us in favodr of the said I,'mpe . tor . ' and • his Dyna Sty, promising hini 'in tecOrntiencb ' - the 'Kingdom of Eciaria; and that the' acompanicd . his Majesty should 'make - 4'. similar renunciation, in represetCtation to the•Sp_aulih 'people'i•that his Itriptiial and Royal Ma' sesti, feigning not -to 'perCeive)l4 evidence Inant~ Jesting; that neither the King could ; 4r ought in' jus ''icc, to -accecie o such a *rnunciation ; and disregard'; bitttr -ccimplaitits Which they.made fo pith for conc6a , :'.led his Miijesty to' Raot - ne, .by 'a d‘icdit.." acd perfidy ullatpp!ed ) tl more inejtcus able, as !bey were aguised under the in 00s4eteli name ,of friendship, and reciprocal benest, pledged in words ~the most decisive; he persisted in it with 7 out any further reason, through two pretests, un worthy of being pronOunced by a Sovereign who . , • had not lost all respeCt for the morality of ca binets, and, that good faith which constitutes the bond of nations; the first; that his - policy did not allow of any thing else, since his person was not safe while any of the 13 - 014RBONS, enemies of his House, should reign over a powerful nation ; and the second,- that he was not so stupid - as to negle& an opportunity so favoorable as that which presented itself ; and living a formidable army in the heart of Spain, its fortresses and principal points occupied; the persons of the King and the Infautado Don CARiOB in his power, and nothipg to fear from the North, . advantages too great to expe& they should occur at a future time : that, with a view of gaining delays, and drawing from them the greatest -possible ad vantage, a note had been sent requesting that some person might be authorised to explain his preten- . sions in writing ; but that if the Emperor should persist in not receding, hiS Majesty was resolved to lose his life rather than yield to so iniquitous a re nunciation. That, with this security and posi tive information, the .runta should 'continue its proceeeings; and I concluded by adding, that having voluntarily asked . Don PEDIIQI CevaLtos, when I took leave, of his Excellency, if I should communicate any thing to the Junta on the condu& which it was to_observe towards the . French, he answered, that although the Commission did not include this point, I might egy that it was agreed, in a general manner, that ot that time . no alteration should take place, _because that it was to be feared, • from the contrary, serious conse quences would result to the King, the Infanta, and as many as accompanied his Majesty ; and the King dom.would be endangered by manifesting hostile dispositions before it was ready to throw off - the - yoke of oppression. " Your Excellency knows that with these or si milar expressions, I expatiated not only the whole \ flight of the 2gth of April, but also on .the morning of the 30th, in which - his Highness the Infanta Don ANTONIO desired that I should assist in the Sitting' held on it, consisting of most of the Members of the Supreme Junta, of all the Presidents of the Tribunals, and of two - Ministera from' each, with the two-fold objeft, of informing all of my Commission, -and me with the news of the day, and other business which Might be discussed, in order that I might inform his , Majesty of the whole at Bayonne, when I re turned on the evening of the 6th May, after con tinual dangers and apprehensions, which augmented my speed ; and since it is proper that this heroic:• trait in the firm chara&er of my Sovereign should not be concealed, and the more so as it is confirmed in the most authentic manner, brthe exadt fulfilment and discharge of my mission in all its parts, I entreat your Excellency and the Collodi, if not improper, to order this paper to be inserted in the gazette and Diary of this City. "May GO reserve your Excellency many years. " I. M. I. NAVARRO. . _ " /Madrid, Sept. 27, 180 g. To his Excellency Senor Don Ancias Man y Alverde.?" CQRUNNA,'OCT. 13.—This morning arrived here, under convoy of the Amelia and Loire Frigates and Champion Sloop of War, a Fleet of Transports, con sisting of 140 Sail, having on board 13,000 British troops, commanded by Sir D. BAIRD. It was ex peeted that the disembarkation would have coni menced to-morrow, but the Junta of this Province having been dissolved the day before yesterday, and the Supreme and Central Junta being re cognized it was thought indispensably necessary to have the sanction of the latter before the troops Were suffered to land. • A Messenger was sent off for this purpose to Madrid Shortly after the Ge neral came on shore, and until he returns, which will be in eight days, the whole will remain on ,board : 6000 cavalry are also expected ri•om Ent land. As soon as the Transports are cleared, they will proceed to Lion to bring away part of like English troops from thence, and when the whole are Colleoed, they will.be sent to .the Army of General BLAK a; as circuthstances mayrequire. A general illUniipation for three nights, and pray ers for nine days, have been ordered through all the kingdom, on occasion of the installation of the Su preme Junta': it commenced here last night: We havea report here that CAST Nos is appoint ed Commander in Chief of the•Spanitih forces, ar,4 .• that CUESTA fia resigned ; but on --thi s . h ea d ru inours are so various that.there is no knowing which ate entitled to credit. The day before yqterday a French Schooner' Let ter'orMarque appeared" off this Port; making, signals fora Pilot, evidently unapprised of the state of affairs. Sh e was boarded 'L3, a fishing boat, and immediately Stood to sia. The Nonpareil and'SnapPer Schooners .. welt pin-snit of her ) as boats of the La-. 124.14; * Th'elwo forEler Wire not yet ;eturnect; the' latter, in coosequeride of a breeze, was totnpc),led to t• la the chase. • &Wm!), ea% 10, 71.r.m.vja P. M.--General c4s ,TAtqop.4eft th city yesterday to take tbe command .91 the Central Anny, whoie head-quarters fox ,the i ptogent be established at Agreda. Colit/NNA, OCT. 10.—Private Letters from Pilboa state, that on the t7th ult. and two fc4J9wing days,, the French were occupied in plundering upwards of twenty houses in that city, the owners of which had fled, having been prosecuted. ZdiAssAßEpo, whO commands under NEY, had signified to the inhabi tants, that unless all the fugit,4 , es returned, the whole town should be given op s io an indiscriminate plun der., On the 30th, between four and five in the morn . - ing, the French began to march out, with the whole. of their artille►y, &c. but suddenly returned, about: nine, finding, it is said, their retreat cut.off.' As soon as the inhabitants Learned their return . and the cause of it, they instantly ordered away every description of Vessels in the Harbour, in order to prevent the escape of any of the Commanding Offi c,trs„ but especially MASSAREDO, against whom the rage of the populace 'and soldiery is indescribable. General .BLANE . i heart-quarters were on the 4th at Quincoces, a few leagues from Bilboa ; but when the last Courier left him, which was at two o'clock in the morning of that day, the General was on horsebaCl(., and the whole army under arms. CAsrArros was at Logrono with 22,000. risen, viz. 15,000 infantry and 7000 cavalry ; PALAFOXj with 18,000, was advancing by Ronces Vallei towards Fontarabia, to cut off the retreat of the enemy by Irun—a reference .to the Map will shew what foundation there is for the hopes entertained of the speedy surrender of Marshal NEY and his Army. 4 * * A press of temporary matter prevents us from restn:- . the Account of But NAPA RT E's roemorable Campail , y Italy, which is founded upon the most authentic CiAn munications, and which fully analyies the Military and Political Charaaer of the French Usurper, We shall re. ? some this valuable Article to-morrow, and follow it 'with a particular detail of the famous Battle of Lodi, on which lie-rests a considerable part of his military reputalion MALLS. MeitzvLD- Corunna. Du L—: Gttenburgh, z Water ford. THE SUN. SOLLM QUIS DICXItIL PALSUM ♦UDRAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1908. Dispatches were this morning received at the Ad miralty, dated at Corunna, the 14th inst. They state that on the preceding day 150 Transports, compos ing the whole Expedition under the command of Sir DAVID BAIRD, under the Convoy of the Loire, Amelia, and Champion Frigates, arrived in perfect} safety at that Poll. The Dispatches were brought by the liorvina. The Troops under the command of Sir DAVID consist of 13000 effective men. Sir JOHN Mo6RE, as we-have already stated, is on his march for Spain, 4Nitil_ 20,000 men ; and we have reason to believe that the remainder of the Army at Lisbon will be sent immediately into the Me diterranean, in Transpbris, of which there are more than sufficient for that purpose; making a grand army of at least 50,000 British soldiers, the whole of which, we have no doubt, will be found on Spa nish ground early in November. WE have received Spanish Papers to the tsth inst. They announce the arrival of Sir D. Bailie at Corunna, with the whole of his Expedition.— In consequence of the dissolution of the Junta of the Provinc,e, it I:lecatine necessary to send to Ma drid for dire&ions revealing the ,landing of the t roops. The Supreme Council have published a most interesting account, given by P. J. M. J. NAVARRO, relative to the events which took place at Bayonne, immediately after the ,arrival of f&tIDDIAND at that place. The Armistice which has been concluded between' the King of Sweden and the Russians, has been al ready seized by the Opposition Writers as a topic of abiise against his Majesty's Ministers, and though they are in a state of the most perfeEt ignorance upon the subje&, they take upon themselves peremptorily to assert that all the fault belongs to the British Go --vernment. It has been stated, almost in the words of the .111Oni:,eur, that we have not afforded assist,. ance to our Ally, and that our refusal to support him wilt shake the confidence of-the few friends we have left. This charge is made in the true spirit of op position truth awl' 'candour. The fa6.'t of Sir JOHN MOORE having sent to the Baltic with a formidable force, is not indeed denied, "but because that force was not acctiveij'eniployed :in co-operating with the Swedes, it is termed a ridiculous gxpe-, dition:- The OPposition.Wfiters have over aocl . . . over again declared, that they were. unacquamteil will the causes which - led- to. the 'return of- 'our %yl-,ditiop cons .red ; nay, they have. repeat ciiy 11%lIiii3ter s far Ahern in 'the dark upon . that 21 - 11 jitte' ; but tic'p ivia4 their tistial schliiifency : anti • • , , , • •• :Modesty, they do not hesitate to pa ss a clocitted luit rnent Ailion a subject with respea to which they' confess they are completely ignorant. With re gard to the Armistice, we have not at present suf• iicient information before us to add any think te the abser.vatioup which we yesterday. made upoti the subjeit. , The Gazette of last night contains a detailed account of the aeon between the Sea/apse and the Turkish Frigates, and also of a very gallant aobier* anent: performed by the boats Of the .Poreapine. It is laFtentable to see the Opposition Prints OIL ,employed in throwing refle,aiOns upon the British Officers who were concerned in the Convention of Cintra, _though : a complete investightion will 'Cer7". • tainly : take place,, and the Public will be fully acr • • tinainted: with -nyery circumstance relative to that Measure. If any tradesman or artizan in the Coun try were to have his charaaer slandered by assertions that he did not understand his business, he would have a legal songe of redress, and his defamer , . might be properly punished for their rnalevolence • _Flow shocking then is it, that those who have det , voted their lives to a haeardouS profession, who !AO . often exposed their lives in the service of their ,CountrY, and who have gained a reputation by tsy lents and achievements, 'should be every day subjea to the virulent Attacks of personal enmity and part! spleen : and all. this -too before the whole of their •.. condua is before the PUblic, and the 'fats fully veloped upon which they must stand or, fall. . Our Readers will do us the justice-to remembe r that though we, in common with the people at large, fainentdd that a Convention should have takg 3 place, apparently. not such as by accounts of our previous success we had aright td expect, and c er7 tainly such 'as' disappointed the expeLiaiions of tha • Country, we refrained from all attacks upon LW. framers of it, not being apprised of the event's %OW!) • led to it, and convinced that an inquiry would take place, and justice be fairly administered. 1 3 t 1 it is by no means improbable that, flushed with tory, and not duly informed of the extent of tit? enemy's power and resources, as well as of the diffr! culties which stood in the way of continued warfare", rather too warm an account was given of that victory; aid..hence the public were tempt to indulge higher ~• • expectations than circumstances would really war' rant. The disappointment, therefore, is, in a great degree, impwat}le to over-strained expedation ; and hence the effeas of that disappointment ought pSit to be thio,wP into, (he syle against those who are t° ,_ abide thee - Consequen6eS of inquiry, and Who9e - tirt dull will be submitted to the judgment of the Coon-. try. These, we pre . sume to say, are the sentime nt !. Most analogous to the jt; - ,st and gewrous character or Britons, and they will look with indignation rl upo, tare daily abuse of men who' are, at present, ObjeFt;. . of 'the most shameless defamation, and who, P er ! hap;, *will be found to have effected all 'practicable under the whche circumstanceS, Willa. , t; • they were placed. .• • ! b a t was. The Emperor, on his way to Erfurth, passed' thrOugh Koningsburgh, and had an interview withtho King of. Prussia but the sight of his former Ally anti' Friend did not seem to awaken in the mind of ALEN." ANDEtt any symptom of concern for the misfortUne 4 ot. FREDERICK : instead of using his influence with BUON'APARTC to relax a little in that sytiteM pression which he has exercised in, every. part of I f:— Prussian dominions, one of the first results or (11 meeting at Et-fat - 01 was, an order diNcied , i° lb ! King of Prussia, prohibiting, in the most strict ner, all intercourse, commercial or of lier Wise, Prussia and Great Britain. This cirtAmstanee i 5 n le '", - tioncd in Letters from KonigsWrgh, dated the 1 041 instant. Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held at the Fo reign Office, which lasted from half past one o'clock till after five; at which were present his Grace the: Duke of PORTLAND, Earls CAMDEN, CHATII,O I, . WESTMORLAND, and BATHURST, Lords ClisTLE', RRAGH and HAWKESEURY, Mr. Secretary C,tatitNof and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Lo r d On Friday last Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, Chief Justice DowNs, and Lord DELVIN, arrived in the Auckland Packet at Dublin, from Holyhead., The French Flag of Truce was seen going Holyhead., Boulogne by one of our cruizers, about two o'cinc'. on Sunday afternoon. A French Spy has, within a few days, made escape -from this Country. He is understood to b 6 a relative of BUONAPARTE by the maternal side, an d of the rank of Marquis. With the assistance of a Native of this Country, who came over with him / from France, and is the companion of his flight, 1 ' was able'to make out a complete table of the private Signals of •our Fleet. Illey fled with such precipi :talon, that this document, and all their other ra - , pats, have been left bebind, and are in the bands 01 'Government. A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday at Guild hall-, which wag attended by the LORD MAYOR' LORD 'MAYOR Elect, 10 Aldermen, Sheriff's, the Racciapirt; and City Officers.—Mr. MONTAGUE was unanimously elected Surveyor 01 • the Wvst District, under the Budding Act, in' the room of Mr. GEORGE SCOTT, deceased.--1 0,20° '' Orphans' Stock was .drir.vn out of the wheel and an' nihilate(l, and the Chaitibei lain directed to give sift ' months' notice to the several parties itnerested to 81:7, tend,. a:nd . i'eccive the same.—The Lottp. MAY ° ; prkiere,it the. Price of Bread to be'raised assile. 3o ", a. kieif, 0r.3(1. in •the peek lcittOo‘take'plaCetO - W ei i *? ,LoW,,'w, hen the qUarrern loaf wheaten will;be sold f: 01 : is. 341: and bousehold,• is: • • • f